The following is the substance of an article published in the “New England Historical and Genealogical Register,” for April, 1863, written by John Ward Dean, Esq., of Boston:Ī century ago no poetry was more popular in New England than Wigglesworth’s Day of Doom. Westcott & Co., Printers, 79 John street. In the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.Ĭ. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in Heaven, and then shall all the tribes of the Earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of Heaven with power and great glory.Įntered according to Act of Congress, in the year of our Lord, 1867, by Because he hath appointed a Day in the which he will judge the World in Righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained. Teacher of the Church at Malden in New England,Īlso a memoir of the author, autobiography and sketch of his funeral sermon by Rev. Cotton Mather.Īcts 17:31. The summaries, also present as side notes, have been moved to precede the stanza to which they were attached. The references for each stanza were collected into a single footnote, as the references are mostly generic to the action of the stanza.
Transcriber’s Note: Biblical references were originally present as side notes rather than footnotes.
The Day of Doom Or, a Poetical Description of the Great and Last Judgement